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Bonded wheels cover cutting and grinding. Klingspor Abrasives offers cut-off wheels and grinding discs for fabrication, maintenance and industrial applications. The A 960 TZ SPECIAL aluminum-oxide wheel is intended for stainless and carbon-steel sheet cutting. The A 624 R SUPRA grinding disc covers mild, structural, tool and sheet steels.
Automation, Safety and Leadership Muratec Combines Laser Cutting and Machining Muratec turning equipment. Credit: Muratec USA. Muratec USA has announced the LS3015MC, a manufacturing platform that combines 8-kW fiber laser cutting and secondary machining operations in one machine. The company says the combination reduces setups, material handling and lead times.
October 2026 | Vol. 78 | Issue 8
October 2026 | Vol. 78 | Issue 8
Presented by IMCO Carbide Tool Inc.
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November 12, 2026
Star Cutter’s Flexible Automation Cell combines automation hardware, software and secondary processes in a connected grinding workflow. The platform can be integrated across multiple CNC grinding platforms to address different production requirements. An RFID reader identifies and tracks parts as they move through the cell.
Product
November 12, 2026
Sandvik Coromant has launched CoroThread Mill 500, a solid carbide orbital thread mill for internal threading of blind and through holes. The product family succeeds CoroMill Plura R217. The tools address deep threads, long overhangs, difficult materials and unstable setups. Features include hard-substrate grades, optimized geometry, PVD coatings and chatter-free technology in selected variants.
Industry News
November 11, 2026
Mazak has appointed Suzette Mendez general manager for its Midwest Region. She is based at the Mazak Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. Mendez brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the CNC machine tool industry. Her background includes sales-channel development, strategic customer relationships and leadership of cross-functional business teams.
Article
November 4, 2026
Dear Doc: We do cylindrical-OD grinding and struggle with roundness. Any quick advice? Moving away from an integer rpm ratio eliminated the Flowery Waviness. Image: J. BadgerI. Inasaki, B. Karpuschewski and H.-S. Lee, “Grinding Chatter—Origin and Suppression,” CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology 50(2), 515–534 (2001). doi:10.1016/S0007-8506(07)62992-8.M.
Product
November 11, 2026
EMUGE-FRANKEN USA is highlighting its UNJC, UNJF and MJ taps, thread mills and gages for safety-critical threading applications in aerospace, defense, transportation and other industries. The J-Thread taps and thread mills are designed for high-stress applications requiring reliability and strength.
Industry News
November 10, 2026
Platinum Tooling Technologies has appointed Luke Hansen vice president, named Frank Twomey director of sales for North America and added Ethan Kim as applications engineer. Hansen joined the company in October 2017 as a technical sales specialist. He has worked with founder and president Preben Hansen, international suppliers and the company’s North American sales network.
Product
November 10, 2026
Fixtureworks has expanded its workholding lineup with QLSWM mini spring swing clamps for vertical clamping of small and scratch-sensitive workpieces. The clamps are available with clockwise or counterclockwise locking motion. Their compact design measures up to 30 mm long and 16 mm wide, with clamping force up to 2.5 lb., according to the company.
Article
November 4, 2026
The machine is the asset. The return it produces is the investment. When a machining company considers purchasing a new CNC machine or other major piece of equipment, the conversation often begins with three questions: How much does it cost? What will the monthly payment be? And can we afford it?
Industry News
November 9, 2026
Lyndex-Nikken has appointed Jamey Jones as regional sales representative for Arkansas, Mississippi, West Tennessee and the bootheel of Missouri. Jones brings 20 years of medical device manufacturing experience. After completing a two-year machine shop training course at the Tennessee Technology Center in Whiteville, Tennessee, in 2006, he worked for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers.
Video
November 9, 2026
At IMTS 2026, Scott Strache of Mitsubishi Electric discusses CNC features for machine builders, dealers and end users, including machine monitoring, concurrent part programs and robot integration.
Product
November 9, 2026
Sandvik Coromant has introduced CoroMill Plura barrel conical, a two-in-one solid carbide tool that combines barrel and ball-nose geometries for multi-axis profiling of complex components such as blisks and blades. The geometry enables manufacturers to machine fillets, flanks and complex surfaces in a single setup.
Article
November 4, 2026
Face milling can make for better connections. When machining mating parts that need to fit together tightly, relying on a machined surface from another process or operation can lead to miserable results. This is why we include face milling in our list of operations when making a set of legacy connectors for our Civil Engineering students.
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